Medicare reform merits praise

PUB. DATE

September 1997

SOURCE

Business Insurance;09/15/97, Vol. 31 Issue 37, p8

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Editorial

ABSTRACT

Opinion. Praises an overhaul of the Medicare system in the United States. Basis of the overhaul; Stipulations of a budget law pertaining to Medicare; Persons likely to benefit from the revision of Medicare; Estimated amount of retirees who have abandoned Medicare; Implications of impending changes in Medicare programs in the United States.

ACCESSION #

9710231393

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